“My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.” BookCharacterStoriesDriven Author:Carl Hiaasen
“Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.” IfsThinkingWritingWellsBookCharacterJobsGuyCleanCastsBoredDetectivesSlateGalsClean SlateSo Bored Author:Carl Hiaasen
“The Thieves of Manhattan is a sly and cutting riff on the book-publishing world that is quite funny unless you happen to be an author, in which case the novel will make you consider a more sensible profession-like being a rodeo clown, for example, or a crab-fisherman in the Bering Sea.” WorldBookHappensCasesNovelCuttingSeaExampleProfessionSensibleThievesPublishingClownManhattanFishermanSlyCrabsRodeoBook Publishing Author:Carl Hiaasen
“My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.” BookDifferentSometimesFoundLiteratureMysteryDepartmentSectionsDifferent PlaceBookstoresAisle Author:Carl Hiaasen
“It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the smartass attitude, the environmental battles. Kids love books that are irreverent and challenge authority, when authority is arbitrary, greedy or foolish. They also love it when you make fun of grownups, and I've spent my whole life as a writer doing that.” BookHardWholeKidsFunVoiceChallengesAttitudeNovelReaderBattleAuthorityAdultsEnvironmentalWhole LifeFoolishNarrativeGreedyArbitraryGrownupsKids LoveIrreverentSmartassNarrative Voice Author:Carl Hiaasen
“I’m waiting for the day when Rush Limbaugh’s pharmacist writes a book.” WritingBookWaitingPharmacist Author:Carl Hiaasen
“As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.” WorldWayMayBookSoundHavensElsewhereFrighteningFlorida Author:Carl Hiaasen
“Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.” WritingBookIdeasDifferentCoursesPagesOriginalsGreat Book Author:Carl Hiaasen
“Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.” IfsWantLooksBookNamesPayProfoundCreditCardsSympathyCashResortsJacketsCredit CardWithering Author:Carl Hiaasen
“All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.” IfsWorldWantDoeBookRealHardNovelCrimeElementsStorytellingNovelistsReal World Author:Carl Hiaasen
“I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked.” YearsBookWrittenScriptsComicComic BookAnimationSequels Author:Carl Hiaasen
